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` A. MANHARD.

HANnLli.A APPLICATION FILED lUNEvI 1914.

1,21 3,227.- Patented J an. 23, 1917.

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ALONZO MANI-IARD, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOB, TO THE CLEVELAND ELECTRIC AND MACHINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY. OF

CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION 0F OHIO.

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1,213,227. Srccefion 0f -ettel Patent Patented Jan. 23, 191'?.

Application led June l, 1914.

To all 'whom t may conce-rn Be it known that I, ALONZO Minimize, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Handles, of which the following is a full, clear7 and exact description.

fins invention relates to the kind of meat choppers which include a casing adapted to in order that their constituent parts may be thoroughly cleansed, and readily assembled again for use.

rl`he primary object of this invention is to facilitate the assembling and disassembling of the parts; and at the same time to make them more durable.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts which are hereinafter described and pointed out deliitely in the claim.

In the drawing Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section through a meat chopper in which the present invention is embodied. Fig. 2 is an end view of the feed screw shaft and the crank handle sleeve; Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 6*() of Fig. l.

Referring to the parts by letters, A represents the casing, and a. the feed hopper therefor, and 0,1 a downwardly project-ing stud which is cylindrical in horizontal section and is formed integral with the casing.

B represents the feed screw which is located within the casing and is rotatable therein. The feed screw shaft Z) is rotatively mounted in a bearing sleeve a2 which is a part ofthe casing, and projects a considerable distance out beyond said sleeve. A part of the projecting end of this shaft is cylindrical, as at b1, and this part fits within the cylindrical part d1 of the sleeve d of the crank handle D. A part of the shaft Z2 near the outer end thereof, but still within the sleeve d of the handle is of reduced diameter, and it is oval in cross section, as indicated by the part b2 shown Serial No. 841,997.

in Fig. 6. That part of the sleeve Z1 which surrounds this part o2 of the shaft is. provided with an inwardly extended flange Z2 whose inner periphery is of oval shape.

That end of the shaft b which projects beyond the sleeve Z of the. handle is provided with an oval shaped button b3, of such external configuration and size that it may pass through the correspondingly shaped opening through the flanged part (Z2 of thehandle sleeve. The crank handle sleeve is slipped over the projecting end of the shaft Y), when both are in such relative positions tl at the oval button shaped end of the shaft will pass through the o *al opening in theflange (Z2. IVhen, now, the handle sleeve is turned relative to the shaft, the ends of the button will overlap the flange Z2 and thereby the removal of the handle will be prevented. Likewise the oval shaped part 52 of the shaft will now come into contact with Jrhe oval hole through the tiange cl2, because it cannot turn completely around therein, and thereafter the turning of the handle sleeve will necessarily produce a turning movement of the feed screw b2.

In the open discharge end of the casing is a rabheted recess of, for the reception of the perforated plate E. The perforated plate E is a circular disk, except that it has one flat side e of considerable eXtent,-and preferably it has two parallel flat sides e, el, as shown in Fig. 4. The rabbeted recess 724 in the discharge end of the casing is correspondingly shaped, and of such size that the' plate will fit therein. The engagement of the flat sides of the plate and recess, will prevent the plate from turning.

The knife G has four radial blades y, a cylindrical stem g1, which is rotatably mounted in a sleeve e2 which is on the outside of and an integral part of the plate E. On the inner .end of this knife is a squared boss g2 which goes into a squared, recess g5 in the end of the feed screw. A ring nut F which screws onto the end of the casing has an inwardly turned flange f which engages the outer face of the plate E and thereby holds the parts in the described position.

The clamping member H is in the shape of a yoke whose upper end is fashioned to form the socket L for the reception of the stem al of the casing; and a set screw K, which screws through the wall of the socket into contact with this stem furnishes the means for preventing the stem from turning in the socket. A clamping screw screws vertically through Athe loiver end of the yoke, and has the clamping plate upon its upper end. rlhis clamping device is ot familiar construction, except for the socket piece on its upper end.

It' the clamp he placed near the corner ot a table, the casing may be so turned in the socket that a man may conveniently use his right hand to turn the crank handle. if, however, the casing` he. turned so that the crank handle ext-ends doivn hy the edge of the adjacent side. ot the supporting table, it will he conveniently placed for use ot a lett handed man. vWhen any given use ot the device is terminated, the nut F is removed, the han( le is turned relative to shaft Y), so as to permit it to he removed therefrom. rfhe knife7 plate and 'feed screw may non he taken out oi the casing', and the casing may he removed from the clamp socket. lt is not necessary to tremiently ivash the clamp and the removal of the casing which does rcquire cleansing, permits it to be cleansed without at the same time washing` the clamp. lVhen the parts are to he reassembled, the feed screw is put into the casing; the lni'lie is mounted in the plate; and then the plate is put into the open end of the casing7 so that either of the are shaped sides thereof shall he uppermost. .lt sometimes one arc shaped side is put uppermost, and sometimes the other, that will obviously average up the ivear on the plate trom the knives7 and that ivill increase the useful life of the plate. lVhen the plate E is put into the end of the casineuy care 1s taken to have the squared end /l ot the knife go into the squared socket Z5 in the feed screw. Then the flanged nut F is screived on; the stem r1 is put int-o the clamp socket, and secured in the desired position; and then the handle is put onto the projecting' end ot the shaft 7),' all ot which puts the machine in condition for usc.

Having described my invention, I claim:

The combination of a bearing sleeve, a shaft which is rotatably mounted in said sleeve and projecting beyond the sleeve said shaft having near its outer end a portion `which is reduced in size and W rich .is of oval form in cross section and having at its eX- treme end a larger oval button shaped end, a crank handle having a sleeve with an opening which is cylindrical a. part ot' the Way through to lit upon the cylindrical shaft and which has an inwardly extending lflange near its outer tace., the inner periphery of which flange is oval and ot' such size as Will permit the button shaped end ot the shaft to pass through it but will not permit the oval shaped part ot the shaft to turn completely around it.

ln testimony whereof, I hereunto allix my signature in the presence ot' two Witnesses.

ALONZO MAN HARD.

ll'itnesscs 2 E. L. 'iutns'rozv7 L, l. lon'rnn.

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